Work & commute · Salem

Work & commute in Salem, OH

Most working residents leave Salem for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Oak Harbor (9%), Port Clinton (9%) and Toledo (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

320 of 2,444 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,124 Salem residents head out of town to work, 320 work right here, and 868 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Salem.

2,124live here, work elsewhere

320live and work here

868work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Salem goes to work

Oak Harbor1.1 mi away

9%219

Port Clinton9.3 mi away

9%216

Toledo26.6 mi away

7%178

Fremont10 mi away

6%143

Salem (in town)right here

4%101

Carroll7.8 mi away

4%92

Portage10.9 mi away

3%79

Sandusky21.1 mi away

3%64

Harris7.1 mi away

2%55

Oregon19.9 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%1,246

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Salem commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

38%

13%

21%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Salem is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.49 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Salem are

1,188 jobs are based in Salem. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Salem’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Salem

1,188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Salem residents hold

2,444 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+2%

Jobs based in Salem, 2013 → 2023: 1,165 → 1,188. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.